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Dav where did you get your wheels done and how much did they cost if you don't mind me asking?

i got my wheels done at Romax and they cost £45 a wheel to be powder coated any colour you want i would not go anywhere else so so many people i know use Romax and also on just about every forum i have been on people say use Romax that is if your in the cleveland area. :)

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definatly NO to black wheels, but if you really cant keep your hands in your pockets,the only way i can see is a thin red line on the original shiny alloys,(i wouldn't do it, but then i wouldn't paint my wheels black either) just a thought ;)

I have to agree with wee Hostess here. I'm not a fan of black wheels myself and I don't honestly think they do anything for the car except cheapen it. Sorry kids....that's just my opinion.

as you can see I am not very good in painting thats I painted only the center of the front wheel, could you help me decide where I should do it?

Has anyone here have some photoshopping skilz to show me the possible outcome?

thnx guys!!!

personaly red and black dont realy go together.. painting the alloys black might make it look out of place. but thats my opinion. i like the rear defusor though that realy makes the car look nice. i'm thinking of painting mine white.

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personaly red and black dont realy go together.. painting the alloys black might make it look out of place. but thats my opinion. i like the rear defusor though that realy makes the car look nice. i'm thinking of painting mine white.

hmm.... white huh? <_<

wouldnt that make the car a little bit "tricolore"? (red,black,white)

best luck with your decision (because it looks like mine isnt very easy to take )

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personaly red and black dont realy go together.. painting the alloys black might make it look out of place. but thats my opinion. i like the rear defusor though that realy makes the car look nice. i'm thinking of painting mine white.

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I wouldn't do this myself but the mock ups do show that it could look good however as soon as you change the wheels to black the Headlights stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe if the HLs coulod be smoked as well it would look good.

Compare the 2 picture with and without black side by side and you will see what I mean. Draws your eye straight to the HLs and they look odd on the black wheeled version.

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Nah I wouldn't go for black alloys - personally (and no ofence this is just my opinion) I think it makes the car look cheap and like it's being driven by a chav who craves police attention (not saying YOU are like that. Just profiling (perhaps wrongly) the boy racers of my town)

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I agree about the headlights. I was going to get the factory 17" wheels on my black Zetec S painted gunmetal grey, but the headlights don't look right. To pull grey/black wheels off, on a black car especially, it needs to look stealthy with dark headlights, no chrome etc.

If somebody produceded black/dark grey aftermarket projector headlights I'd snap them up, would really finish the car off imo. It's probably possible to open up the stock headlights and have the chrome bits painted but I couldn't be arsed with that tbh lol.

I was having a look on the Mountune website the other day and there was a little article about them adding the performance pack to a few US fiesta's, it looks like these have a nice black projector unit. Excuse the tiny pic!

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Would be interested in darker lights too...bearing in mind you dont get the chrome trim with he Zetec S I dont see why you can't thave the darker lights to match!

Esp on the darker colours!

:)

I regard to the headlamps, I think that the darker black trimmed lights are the lower-spec reflector halogens, the silver trimmed lights are the hi-spec projector halogens. Therefore you would need to either down-grade your headlights or mod your projectors which would invalidate warranty